From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 12:31:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5518337B404 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 12:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-208-57-240.new.rr.com [24.208.57.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1214143F3F for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 12:31:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (sheba.polands.org [172.16.1.33]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4VJVqNP080885 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 14:31:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from sheba.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4VJVpUQ032089 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 14:31:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@sheba.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by sheba.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4VJVpfj032088 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 31 May 2003 14:31:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 14:31:51 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030531193151.GA32076@polands.org> References: <20030531123351.GA28291@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030531123351.GA28291@polands.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: XFree86 4.3.0 anti-alias font problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 19:31:54 -0000 On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 07:33:51AM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: > Hi, > > I'm on a 4.8-STABLE box with XFree86 4.3.0. I'm going through the handbook > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-fonts.html) > and adding anti-aliased fonts to my system. > > The problem I'm having is adding TrueType and the bitstream-vera fonts > to my fontpath via xset. > > Following the handbook, I've... > > * Created the directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType > * Copied .ttf fonts from my windows partition to above directory > * run the following command: ttmkfdir > fonts.dir > > I do get a message from ttmkfdir which states: > "unknown font foundry code SYRC" > > A look at the files in the directory reveals nothing remotely similar > to SYRC. The fonts.dir file appears valid but admittedly I'm not sure > what I'm looking at. > > To continue, when I run: > > * xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType > > I see: > > xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: > Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions > Directory missing fonts.dir > Incorrect font server address or syntax > > In my case, the directory does exist and has the same permissions as > the other font directories. The fonts.dir file does exist. And I'm > not sure what the 3rd possible cause is. > > Curiously, I get the exact same error when I try to add the > bitstream-vera fonts (added via x11-fonts/bitstream-vera port) to the > fontpath. > > * xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/ > xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: > Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions > Directory missing fonts.dir > Incorrect font server address or syntax > > I must be missing something here. Does anyone have any suggestions? > For the archives, the problem went away when I restarted X. -- Regards, Doug